{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-159.12","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-159.12","heading":"Certificate of convenience and necessity required for","body":"water transportation lines.\n\n(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, build or\n\nequip any water transportation line to serve the public as a common\n\ncarrier of water without having first obtained from the Corporation\n\nCommission of the State of Oklahoma a certificate that the present\n\npublic convenience and necessity require the operation of such\n\nbusiness.\n\n(b) The Commission shall not grant a certificate for the\n\nproposed water transportation line which will be in competition with\n\nor duplication of any other line serving as a common carrier of\n\nwater unless it shall first determine that the existing common\n\ncarrier facilities are inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of\n\nthe public, or that the person operating the same in unable or\n\nrefuses or neglects, after hearing on reasonable notice, to provide\n\nreasonably adequate service.","path":["OK Code","Title 17"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"926e1b2c5411fdcd0bfd501bf45cb7cde23f37df3cae22d86a7644c1544b8461","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-159.11","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-159.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}